Tire-protector



l. RAFFELSON.

TIRE PRQTECTOR. APPLICATION man FEB. 28, 1919.

1,336,757. v Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

INVENTO ATTORNEY D sTATEs PATENT omen.

I ISAAC RAFFELSON, 0F NEW-YOBK, Ni Y.

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known-that I, ISAAC RAFFELsoN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tire-Protectors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to tire protectors, and its object is to provide a simple yand e'ective cover for spare tires which will not only protect them from the elements, and serve as a guard against their removal by an unauthorized person, but which will aord a 'complete protection against their beingl .tampered with or injured.

v.lino-ther object is to make such a protector easily manipulated for either inserting or removing the tires.

A still further object is to malte the protector neat and attractive in appearance.VV

order that my invention may be thor- @lightly understood I will now proceed to describe the saine in the following specification, and will then point out the novel ea-` thereof in appended clainns.A

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l is a rear view of an automobile with tire protector thereon which is made according to and embodies rny invention.

Fige 2 is a perspective view. of one of rny novel tire protectors. i

Fig. 3 is a perspective view partly in section of a portion of a tire and an adjacent part one of rny covers therefor.

Fig'. is a sectional plan vieivof a double protector or one adapted to receive and cover tvvotires.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the gures.

l@ designates an automobile on the rear of is a tire holder or bracket il which niay ne any desired forni or construction and which forrns no part of this invention. This is adapted to engage the rire i2 of a tire and to support the tire by such engagement. u 's improved tire protector in its preferred form comprises three sections 2CD, 2l and ilihese are of sheet steel or other hard instal and of across-sectional shape shown in Fig. 3 to surround and cover the.

tread of 'the tire as at 23 and to entend wardly to the rim. They are oi sucient length to surround the tire ciroumrerenerence numerals 21A and 22A..

i TIRE-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. y Patented Apr. 13, 1920.

' Application filed February 28, 1919. Serial No. 279,765. i I

tially. .The lower part 2'0 is to be aiixed to the rear of the car and is perforated as at 24 to allow any Water which may be caught in it, to drain olf.

The part 21 is hinged to the part 2() at 25 and the part 22 is hinged to the part 20 at 26. A hasp and a lock are provided at 27 between the parts 21, 22.

When it is desired to remove a tire'from the cover, the adjoining ends of the parts 21, 22 are unlocked and then these parts are swung over about their hinges into the positions in which theyare indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and designated by the ref- When in, this condition the tire may be easily lifted out or inserted inthe protector. When the cover is placed and locked over the tire it cannot be injured even/by one with malicious intent, land is thoroughly protected from dirt and troni the eleinents. The metal of which the protector is niade is preterably enameled to match the car `with which it isto be used.

In Fig. 4 a part of a double protector is y shown with the sections thereof designated by 34e-35. 7lhe' way this is used is obvious..

The' protector is of strong and rugged construction andv/ill last almost indenclairns.

met claim is:

i. 1i. tire protector comprising a member adapted to be secured to an inobile and two upper rneinbers, all or s` members being of substantially the sanne length, hinge connections between the lower if* ends of the upper members and opposite ends of the lower member below the o? the tire, and means for 'astening togetl r the other ends of the upper members, so members being transversely bent to encir the tread oi a tire and having parallel sides inwardly to the rim iianges of the and together adapted to encircle a tire. j

'2. l tire protector comprising a lower nieinber adapted be secured to an automobile and two upper all of members being of substantially the same length, hinge connections between the lower l ends of the upper members and opposite ends of the lower member below the center of the tire, and locking means for fastening together the other ends of the upper members', said members being transversely bent to encircle the tread of a ti're and having parallel sides extending inwardly to the rim flanges of the tire, and together adapted to encircle a tire, and the lower ends of ithe upper members overlapping adjacent ends` of the lower member.y

3. A tire protector comprising a lower member adapted to be secured to an automobile and two upper members, all of said members being substantially the same length,

members being transversely bent to encircle the tread of a tire and having parallel sides extending inwardly to the rim` flanges of the tire, and together adapted to encircle a tire, the ,lower ends of the upper members overlapping adjacent ends of the lower member, and said lower member being provided with Adrainageholes.

V'In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this-r2`7 day of Feb., 1919.

ISAAC RAFFLsoN. 

